Ernst Louis. Complete Spanish Course

New York: G.R. Lockwood, 1861. — 418 p.In presenting to the public a "Complete Spanish Course,'' based upon Professor T. Robertson's admirable Method of Teaching Modem Languages, the author hopes that the title selected will not be found improperly applied, in view of the comprehensiveness of the plan pursued, as exhibited in the Table of Contents. Without presuming upon any vital deviation from the Robertsonian system in general, a change has, however, been thought advisable in the choice of the text, which, instead of being an uninterruped story, is made up of a series of short pieces, preser in turn ap the words likely to occur in ordinary coniversation, followed by a selection from the best authors, and ending with a complete course of business letters and book-keeping; but the latter, having been added more especially for the use of those who study the language for commercial purposes, may be readily omitted, as all the grammatical rules and observations have been engrafted upon the earlier familiar lessons. A portion of this text is taken up at each lesson, as appointed, and read over carefully until the pronunciation and meaning of the expressions contained in it have been fully mastered, when sundry questions, exclusively made up of the words already seen and readily answered, with smaU fragments of the text of the day, will establish from the first a short, but animated dialogue between the master and student, and remove in a very ingenious manner, the difficulties usually met with in beginning Spanish conversation.